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Alberta co-chair of climate change advisory group regrets likening oilsands to 'Mordor'

2016-07-14 00:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

CBC: Alberta's Opposition Wildrose Party is criticizing the NDP government for appointing someone to an advisory group who once compared the oilsands to "Mordor." Mordor is a dark, scorched land of suffering in the fictional world of J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. On Wednesday, the province announced the members of an 18-member advisory group to implement Alberta's climate-change plan. The group's mandate is to provide advice on ways to ensure that initiatives created as part of the government's...

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Corn refiners group drops push to change U.S. sugar program

2016-04-07 03:40:52| Agriculture - Topix.net

A lobbying group representing corn syrup makers like Archer Daniels Midland Co and Cargill Inc has dropped a push for changes to the U.S. sugar program after making a rare move last year in launching a bid to reform the program. The Corn Refiners Association , part of the powerful U.S. corn lobby, has halted its efforts push to reform the U.S. farm program for sugar, an intricate network of price supports and import quota often criticized by free-trade advocates.

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Specialist Services Announces Group Headquarters Change in Dubai

2016-04-04 01:00:00| Offshore Technology

Specialist Services Group has announced that the Group Headquarters previously based in TECOM, Dubai, are now located in their Centre of Excellence in Jebel Ali.

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Climate change threatening polar bear population, group says

2016-02-27 17:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ABC: The polar bear needs your help. Today is International Polar Bear Day, and it was started back in 2011 to celebrate and protect one of the world's largest and most threatened land predators. Polar Bears International began the observation and says the massive bears are threatened by climate change. Polar bears are found in arctic regions, including Alaska, Canada and Russia. Annually, sea ice around the North Pole is in decline, affecting quality of life for the polar bear. Polar Bears International...

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